Purple Poem

We devoted today to buying a bike for Lee and visiting the Art Museum on Cleveland. We found a suitable bike at Century Cycles in Medina.
Later we met Lee's sister-in-law Kathy at her house, and she went to the museum with us. Afterward we went to her house for dinner and to watch some of the Olympics.




We have been trying to get Lee a women's model of the Townie 21 Commuter that we got for Ken when we were in Muskegon. That bike comes equipped with fenders, a rear rack, front shocks, and lights--including a headlight powered by a generator built into the hub of the front wheel. These strike us as fitting the kind of riding we expect to do.

We had several dealers tell us they didn't have this women's version, so we emailed the manufacturer, Electra Bicycle Company, for help. They replied with the news that this model has been discontinued. So we looked for alternatives. One dealer had said they had a women's bike called the Purple Poem in stock. It's a bright purple color with poetic phrases over much of the frame. It has gearing, tires, saddle, fenders and handlebars like the Townie 21 Commuter. It does not have the rack, lights, or shocks of the Commuter. We figured we could easily add the rack and lights, and Lee decided she could do without the shocks. So we bought it.